GP2 race in Monte Carlo 2013

 GP2 race in Monte Carlo 2013

Racing data
4th of 11 races in the 2013 GP2 series
Date:	23-25 May 2013
Place:	Monte Carlo
Course:	Circuit de Monaco
Length:	Main race 140.28 km in 42 laps of 3.34 km Sprint race 100.2 km in 30 laps of 3.34 km
Main race
Pole position
Driver:	Johnny cecotto jr.	Arden International
Time:	1: 21.141 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Stefano Coletti	Rapax
Time:	1: 23.665 min (lap 9)
Podium
First:	Sam Bird	Russian time
Second:	Kevin Ceccon	Trident Racing
Third:	Mitch Evans	Arden International
Sprint race
Pole position
Driver:	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	MP Motorsport
Fastest lap
Driver:	Stefano Coletti	Rapax
Time:	1: 22.853 min (lap 8)
Podium
First:	Stefano Coletti	Rapax
Second:	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	MP Motorsport
Third:	Mitch Evans	Arden International

The GP2 round in Monte Carlo 2013 was the fourth round of the 2013 GP2 series and took place from May 23rd to 25th at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo .

Reports

background

The event took place in the framework of the Monaco Grand Prix .

After the race in Barcelona , Stefano Coletti led the drivers' standings with 17 points ahead of Felipe Nasr and 39 points ahead of Fabio Leimer . Carlin led the team standings with six points ahead of Rapax and 43 points ahead of Racing Engineering .

Due to the full supporting program of the Monaco Grand Prix, the race weekend was held from Thursday to Saturday.

Before this run, Caterham Racing renamed itself EQ8 Caterham Racing .

For the first time in the season there were no changes in the starting field.

training

In free practice, Sam Bird set the fastest time in front of his teammates Tom Dillmann and Mitch Evans .

Qualifying

The qualifying was divided into two sections with two groups in order to avoid obstructions on the narrow course in Monte Carlo. In the first section, group A, the drivers with an odd start number, and then Group B, the drivers with an even start number. The ratings of the two sections were not combined, instead the placements within the group decided on the starting positions. The group with the fastest driver got the odd, the other group the even starting positions.

In Group A, Johnny Cecotto jr. the fastest lap ahead of Bird and Kevin Ceccon . In Group B, the second Arden driver Evans set the fastest time ahead of Leimer and Jolyon Palmer . Cecotto drove 16 thousandths of a second faster than Evans and secured pole position.

Following qualifying, René Binder was given a three-position penalty for obstructing Sergio Canamasas .

Main race

Cecotto did not start well from pole position and was overtaken directly by Evans. Leimer also started better than Cecotto and they drove side by side towards the first corner. Cecotto braked late and slipped into the tire wall. Leimer had no opportunity to turn into the curve on the outside lane and collided with Cecotto. At the same time, Ceccon and Bird collided, with Ceccon pulling off the front wing and Bird the rear wing. To avoid a collision with Ceccon, Palmer slowed down hard and turned. Julian Leal collided with him. Since a large part of the route was blocked, there was a pile-up. The race was then interrupted. To get the track clear again quickly, the marshals pushed some drivers to start their engine.

For Nathanaël Berthon , Cecotto, Marcus Ericsson , Robin Frijns , Kevin Giovesi , Leal, Leimer, Palmer and Alexander Rossi , however, the race was over. Daniel Abt , Dillmann, Rio Haryanto and Jake Rosenzweig were also involved in the accident, but their vehicles remained undamaged and they were able to restart the race. Canamasas, who had stopped at the start, also started the race again.

During the one-hour break, the vehicles were repaired by Bird and Ceccon so that they could also take part in the restart.

The restart took place behind the safety car , which pitted after one lap. When the race was released there were no changes of position. Evans led before Bird, Ceccon, Nasr, Calado and Stéphane Richelmi .

The race was then decided by the pit stops. Ceccon was the first of the top 3 to come in for the pit stop. Evans came to his stop a lap later and fell behind Ceccon. Bird, who had put pressure on Evans for a long time, then set fast lap times. After his pit stop, he kept the lead and pulled away from the rest of the field.

Bird won the race 22 seconds ahead of Ceccon. Behind them were Evans, Nasr, Calado and Coletti. The points for the fastest lap went to Coletti and Adrian Quaife-Hobbs secured the reverse grid pole position.

Sprint race

Cecotto was excluded from this race for causing the start collision in the main race.

In contrast to the main race, the sprint race was started standing again. Quaife-Hobbs didn’t do well but kept the lead. Binder next to him also started badly and fell back to sixth. Coletti was the new runner-up, followed by Calado. However, the latter was overtaken by Evans on the first lap. Meanwhile, Abt and Trummer received a drive-through penalty for early starts.

Coletti immediately started putting pressure on Quaife-Hobbs and passed him on lap three. Then he sat down and controlled the race. Bird and Dillmann both had to make a pit stop and thus lost the chance for points.

Coletti won the race ahead of Quaife-Hobbs and Evans. The remaining points went to Nasr, Calado Binder Ceccon and Richelmi. The points for the fastest lap went to Coletti.

Registration list

All teams and drivers used the Dallara GP2 / 11 chassis , Renault - Mecachrome engines and Pirelli tires .

team	Automobile #	driver
DAMS	01	Marcus Ericsson
	02	Stéphane Richelmi
ART Grand Prix	03	James Calado
	04th	Daniel Dept.
Arden International	05	Johnny cecotto jr.
	06th	Mitch Evans
Racing engineering	07th	Julian Leal
	08th	Fabio Leimer
Carlin	09	Felipe Nasr
	10	Jolyon Palmer
Russian time	11	Sam Bird
	12	Tom Dillmann
EQ8 Caterham Racing	14th	Sergio Canamasas
	15th	Alexander Rossi
Barwa Addax team	16	Jake Rosenzweig
	17th	Rio Haryanto
Rapax	18th	Stefano Coletti
	19th	Simon Trummer
Trident Racing	20th	Nathanaël Berthon
	21st	Kevin Ceccon
Hilmer Motorsport	22nd	Robin Frijns
	23	Jon Lancaster
Venezuela GP Lazarus	24	René Binder
	25th	Kevin Giovesi
MP Motorsport	26th	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs
	27	Daniël de Jong

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	team	Group A	Group B	begin
01	Johnny cecotto jr.	Arden International	1: 21.141	-	01
02	Mitch Evans	Arden International	-	1: 21.157	02
03	Sam Bird	Russian time	1: 21.509	-	03
04th	Fabio Leimer	Racing engineering	-	1: 21.185	04th
05	Kevin Ceccon	Trident Racing	1: 21.986	-	05
06th	Jolyon Palmer	Carlin	-	1: 21.198	06th
07th	Julian Leal	Racing engineering	1: 22.092	-	07th
08th	Tom Dillmann	Russian time	-	1: 21.387	08th
09	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	1: 22.163	-	09
10	Robin Frijns	Hilmer Motorsport	-	1: 21.418	10
11	Marcus Ericsson	DAMS	1: 22.349	-	11
12	Sergio Canamasas	Caterham Racing	-	1: 21.522	12
13	Alexander Rossi	Caterham Racing	1: 22.511	-	13
14th	Stefano Coletti	Rapax	-	1: 21.658	14th
15th	Rio Haryanto	Barwa Addax team	1: 22.589	-	25th
16	Nathanaël Berthon	Trident Racing	-	1: 22.245	15th
17th	James Calado	ART Grand Prix	1: 22.677	-	16
18th	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	-	1: 22.317	17th
19th	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	1: 22.943	-	18th
20th	René Binder	Venezuela GP Lazarus	-	1: 22.376	22nd
21st	Kevin Giovesi	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1: 23.006	-	19th
22nd	Daniel Dept.	ART Grand Prix	-	1: 22.716	20th
23	Simon Trummer	Rapax	1: 23.017	-	21st
24	Jake Rosenzweig	Barwa Addax team	-	1: 22.842	23
25th	Jon Lancaster	Hilmer Motorsport	1: 23.443	-	24
26th	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	MP Motorsport	-	1: 23.328	26th

Remarks

1. ↑ Haryanto was moved ten positions back for causing a collision during a sprint race in Barcelona.
2. ↑ Binder was moved three positions back because of Sergio Canamasas' handicap .

Main race

Item	driver	team	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Sam Bird	Russian time	42	1: 36: 15.919	03	1: 23.756 (13th)
02	Kevin Ceccon	Trident Racing	42	+ 22.077	05	1: 24.476 (19.)
03	Mitch Evans	Arden International	42	+ 23.225	02	1: 24.112 (17.)
04th	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	42	+ 23,416	09	1: 24.433 (16.)
05	James Calado	ART Grand Prix	42	+ 29,588	16	1: 24.493 (18.)
06th	Stefano Coletti	Rapax	42	+1: 00.519	14th	1: 23.665 ( 09.)
07th	René Binder	Venezuela GP Lazarus	42	+1: 02.449	22nd	1: 24.629 (15.)
08th	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	MP Motorsport	42	+1: 08,400	26th	1: 24.382 (16.)
09	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	42	+1: 12.107	17th	1: 25.087 ( 09.)
10	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	42	+1: 22.410	18th	1: 24.031 (37.)
11	Tom Dillmann	Russian time	42	+1: 29.356	08th	1: 24.094 (30.)
12	Jon Lancaster	Hilmer Motorsport	41	+ 1 lap	24	1: 24.295 (14th)
13	Simon Trummer	Rapax	41	+ 1 lap	21st	1: 23.844 (31st)
14th	Jake Rosenzweig	Barwa Addax team	41	+ 1 lap	23	1: 24.712 (37th)
15th	Sergio Canamasas	Caterham Racing	40	+ 2 rounds	12	1: 22.169 (29.)
16	Daniel Dept.	ART Grand Prix	40	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 23.427 (38th)
-	Rio Haryanto	Barwa Addax team	26th	DNF	25th	1: 25.944 ( 07.)
-	Robin Frijns	Hilmer Motorsport	00	DNF	10	-
-	Nathanaël Berthon	Trident Racing	00	DNF	15th	-
-	Marcus Ericsson	DAMS	00	DNF	11	-
-	Kevin Giovesi	Venezuela GP Lazarus	00	DNF	19th	-
-	Jolyon Palmer	Carlin	00	DNF	06th	-
-	Julian Leal	Racing engineering	00	DNF	07th	-
-	Johnny cecotto jr.	Arden International	00	DNF	01	-
-	Fabio Leimer	Racing engineering	00	DNF	04th	-
-	Alexander Rossi	Caterham Racing	00	DNF	13	-

Sprint race

Item	driver	team	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Stefano Coletti	Rapax	30th	42: 50.707	03	1: 22.853 ( 08th)
02	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	MP Motorsport	30th	+ 1.869	01	1: 24.071 ( 08.)
03	Mitch Evans	Arden International	30th	+ 2.218	06th	1: 24.067 ( 09.)
04th	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	30th	+ 2.536	05	1: 23.630 (14th)
05	James Calado	ART Grand Prix	30th	+ 3.747	04th	1: 23.878 (14th)
06th	René Binder	Venezuela GP Lazarus	30th	+ 19.293	02	1: 24.597 (13.)
07th	Kevin Ceccon	Trident Racing	30th	+ 20.015	07th	1: 24.305 (13th)
08th	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	30th	+ 20,576	09	1: 23.271 ( 07.)
09	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	30th	+ 21,197	10	1: 24.459 (29.)
10	Jake Rosenzweig	Barwa Addax team	30th	+ 31.720	14th	1: 24.099 ( 07.)
11	Sergio Canamasas	Caterham Racing	30th	+ 34.105	15th	1: 24.163 ( 08.)
12	Jolyon Palmer	Carlin	30th	+ 35.775	19th	1: 24.242 ( 08.)
13	Fabio Leimer	Racing engineering	30th	+ 36.488	18th	1: 24.253 ( 09.)
14th	Julian Leal	Racing engineering	30th	+ 36.913	20th	1: 24.309 ( 08.)
15th	Robin Frijns	Hilmer Motorsport	30th	+ 42.125	21st	1: 24.106 ( 09.)
16	Rio Haryanto	Barwa Addax team	30th	+ 43.235	17th	1: 23.819 (28th)
17th	Jon Lancaster	Hilmer Motorsport	30th	+1: 03.893	12	1: 25.070 (12.)
18th	Marcus Ericsson	DAMS	30th	+1: 04.258	22nd	1: 22.581 (13th)
19th	Alexander Rossi	Caterham Racing	30th	+1: 04.735	23	1: 24.710 (10.)
20th	Kevin Giovesi	Venezuela GP Lazarus	30th	+1: 05.004	25th	1: 25.008 (10.)
21st	Nathanaël Berthon	Trident Racing	30th	+1: 05.468	24	1: 23.647 (11th)
22nd	Daniel Dept.	ART Grand Prix	30th	+1: 06.174	16	1: 23.988 ( 07.)
23	Simon Trummer	Rapax	30th	+1: 07.413	13	1: 23.508 ( 08.)
24	Sam Bird	Russian time	29	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 22.375 (21.)
25th	Tom Dillmann	Russian time	27	+ 3 rounds	11	1: 22.382 (11.)
	Johnny cecotto jr.	Arden International		EX

Remarks

1. ↑ Cecotto was excluded from the sprint race because of causing the start collision in the main race.

Championship stands after the run

Driver ranking

Item driver team Points 01  Stefano Coletti Rapax 120 02  Felipe Nasr Carlin 96 03  Sam Bird Russian time 58 04th  Fabio Leimer Racing engineering 54 05  James Calado ART Grand Prix 40 06th  Robin Frijns Hilmer Motorsport 37 07th  Mitch Evans Arden International 36 08th  Jolyon Palmer Carlin 31 09  Kevin Ceccon Trident 28 10  Alexander Rossi Caterham Racing 27 11  Adrian Quaife-Hobbs MP Motorsport 23 12  Johnny cecotto jr. Arden International 23 13  Tom Dillmann Russian time 22nd 14th  Jon Lancaster Hilmer Motorsport 17th 15th  Stéphane Richelmi DAMS 15th

Item driver team Points 16  René Binder Venezuela GP Lazarus 11 17th  Julian Leal Racing engineering 10 18th  Simon Trummer Rapax 8th 19th  Marcus Ericsson DAMS 4th 20th  Daniel Dept. ART Grand Prix 3 21st  Conor Daly Hilmer Motorsport 2 22nd  Rio Haryanto Barwa Addax 2 23  Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 1 24  Jake Rosenzweig Barwa Addax 0 25th  Kevin Giovesi Venezuela GP Lazarus 0 26th  Sergio Canamasas Caterham Racing 0 27  Pål Varhaug Hilmer Motorsport 0 28  Nathanaël Berthon Trident 0 29  Qing Hua Ma Caterham Racing 0

Team evaluation

Item team Points 01  Rapax 128 02  Carlin 127 03  Russian time 80 04th  Racing engineering 64 05  Arden International 59 06th  Hilmer Motorsport 56 07th  ART Grand Prix 43

Item team Points 08th  Trident Racing 28 09  Caterham Racing 27 10  MP Motorsport 24 11  DAMS 19th 12  Venezuela GP Lazarus 11 13  Barwa Addax team 2

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Robert Seiwert: “The Preview of Monaco”. Motorsport-Magazin.com, May 23, 2013, accessed February 22, 2014 . 
2. ↑ “EQ8 named as Title Sponsor”. (No longer available online.) Caterham-Racing.com, May 17, 2013, archived from the original on June 28, 2013 ; accessed on February 24, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ^ ^{A b} Annika Kläsener: "Bird fastest in training". Motorsport-Magazin.com, May 23, 2013, accessed February 22, 2014 . 
4. ↑ Frederik Hackbarth: "Cecotto & Evans let Arden shine". Motorsport-Magazin.com, May 23, 2013, accessed February 22, 2014 . 
5. ↑ "RENE BINDER PENALISED". gp2series.com, May 23, 2013, accessed February 25, 2014 . 
6. ↑ Frederik Hackbarth: "Start crash & demolition in Monte Carlo". Cecotto causes traffic jams at noon. Motorsport-Magazin.com, May 14, 2013, accessed March 7, 2014 . 
7. ↑ Frederik Hackbarth: "Cecotto blocked after starting accident on Saturday". Motorsport-Magazin.com, May 24, 2013, accessed March 10, 2014 .